The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-09-29
FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have 10 Say About
Their Old Campaigns


Tie nHys ana Nights of SLirmisliing and Fighting.
FDlFoK NATIONAL Tribune: Perhaps can
ala thc comrades somewhat IN settling the
much disputed question IA regard To the battle
or battles fought on what was known a. inc
Dallas line during the Atlanta campaign.
pnmrkin Vine reek was the name ofthe stream
which wound around in al manner OF shape
through those hills. and ] remember seeing a
saw-mill on the creek which may have been
Picllotts MIL / have before me my diary, aud
will copy irom il nearly word for word as !
wrote IL at that time.
May 20. ls64, at O'Clock a. m after having
biyOuacked along the side of the road for about
three hours amld n pouring RAIN, our corps--the
Twenty -thifd. with OuI Second Brigade ol Inc
Third Division IN the advaaee-marchcd south
wand about 10 mites and halted for breakfast.
The Twentieth Corps, which is a but short
distance in our front, had desperate batlie last
evening and they are now skrmishlng AZ
y M. we moved of 10 the left OF the road,
formed line of battle aud began 10 advance. cur
skirmi-hors soon came in contact with those of
the enemy, but our lines pushed steadily Tor
ward until we found The cnomy's main line oi
works in plain view from our line. During the
night our first line built breastwosks connect
ing with and ON the left OF the twentieth Corps.
our regiment with fixed bayoncts lay IN a sec
oud liuo, but close up tothe first Skirmishing
and some artillery fire was kept mp all night.
May Gin the morning our regiment and
the ll2th III. moved a considerable distance 10
our left. Both regiments were depioyed as
sllirmshers, which line extended long dis-
tance TO the left. Ia our irOnt were thick
woods and in our rear an open held. About
two hours after we had thus dcplOyed, a divis-
ion OF the Fourth Corps aud part OF the Four
tccnth Corps formed line OF battle In the open
field in our rear aud with a line of skirmlah-
ers OF their own to cover their front, advanced.
passed through our line and soon disappeared
in the thick woods ia our front We then
marched back and took our position in the line
that we left in the morning. About or
O'Clock in the afternoon we could hear tre-
mendous. heavy firing off 10 our left and front
in the direction the troops went IN The fore
noon. We were informed that the troops of
the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps winch
passed us la the morning were having despcr.
ate battle nj or near New Hope Church. Con-
slant firing. both muskctTy and artillery, was
kept up both night and day all along the en-
tire line Of our army. At times we could hear
heavy cannonadng OF TO our right We UNI
derslood that the Army of the Tennessee was
TO The right of The Twentieth Corps.
June AT O'Clock p. m. our Corps was re-
lieved by part Of the Fourteenth Corps. We
then marched back to the left and rear about
two miles and camped for the night.
June 2.-Early in the morning we moved
on a road TO the left about two miles and
Division Commander aud his stan were re-
coun0itering IN the woods IN our front, and were
nearly captured. They ran upon the john
mics before they were aware of il. skirmlsl-
line was rapidly thrown forward, driving The
rebels through the thick woods and dense un-
dcrgroWth until We came out to an open feld
on the opposite size, in the edge of the timber,
whore me rebels opened on us with battery
and musketry. We charged and drove them
into their main line of works, the rain pOur-
ing down in torrents. We now established
our line and built intrenchments We worked
nearly all night. This day our regiment lost
five men in wounded.
June Strengthened our works and got
artillery into position. In the afternoon our
extreme left pressed forward and oyerlapped
the rebel right flank, which we understood
caused the rebels TO evacuate the Dallas line
and fall back TO a new line on Kenesaw and
Lost Mountain"
Our brigade consisted of the Goth H., 63d
Ind. 2dth KY, 9Th Tenn, 103d Ohio and 18th
Ind battery. Brig. Gen. Manson having been
disabled by the explosion of a shell at Resaca,
Col. Cameron, Of the 65th Ill., then took COM
mand. Col John S. Easement, of the 103d
Ohio, commanded during the time Of the
above transactions After this Cameron con-
tinued in command until he resigned, in
front OF Atlanta. Easement commanded the
brigade from that time 70 the close Of the war.
-MICHAEL DUNCAN, First Sergeant, Co. A,
and First Lieutenant Co. Ill, l03d Ohio, Bear
Lake, Mich.